introduction: cognitive tasks are considered to be applicable and appropriate in assessing cognitive domains. the purpose of our study is to determine the relationship existence between variables of age, sex and education with selective, sustained attention and planning abilities by means of computerized cognitive tasks among healthy adults. methods: a cross-sectional study was implemented duri...

children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) react explosively and inappropriately to emotional stimuli. it could be hypothesized that these children have some impairment in attending to emotional cues. based on this hypothesis, we conducted this study to evaluate visual directions of children with adhd towards paired emotional scenes.thirty boys between the ages of 6 and 11 ye...

objectives: the purpose of the present study was comparing visuo-spatial attention between children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-inattentive (adhd-i) type and normal children. methods: in this cross-sectional study fifteen (7-10 years of age) children were classified with adhd-i type and 15 normal children were matched for age, sex, and iq. they were selected trough simple rand...

We study the role of inattention as a key source inertia in health plan choices. Our structural model shows that more than 90% elderly Switzerland are inattentive and thus stick to their previous plan. estimate sizeable switching costs even conditional on attention explaining part observed choice persistence. Inattention leads overspending generates considerable welfare losses for most consumer...